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125.82.67.84

Sensor
hp-use-01
Source
cowrie
Status
triaged
Event time
Received

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 98%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

The session shows a confirmed SSH login success using credential root/vulcane. Per rubric, any successful login constitutes a foothold even if no post-login commands, uploads, or downloads occurred. Retrieved session commands confirm there were no commands executed and no payload transfer, so this does not rise to malware delivery or persistence. The short duration and lack of follow-on activity suggest an initial foothold only.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed honeypot compromise; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP, and watch for reuse of the successful credential pattern against other sensors.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,632
Output tokens
281
Cost
$0.006245
Latency
5,903 ms
Verdict at
2026-10-19 13:22:08Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "ef907484f392"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "ef907484f392",
  "command_count": 0,
  "download_count": 0,
  "clipped_commands": 0,
  "commands_truncated": false,
  "downloads_truncated": false
}
Raw session JSON
{
  "events": [
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 125.82.67.84:16304 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: ef907484f392]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "ef907484f392",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 16304,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:22:06.050170Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-Go",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "ef907484f392",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-Go",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 16304,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:22:06.050479Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "arcfour256",
        "arcfour128",
        "arcfour",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "3des-cbc",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes128-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "01ca35584ad5a1b66cf6a9846b5b2821",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-96"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss",
        "ssh-ed25519"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 01ca35584ad5a1b66cf6a9846b5b2821",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "ef907484f392",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 16304,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:22:06.290730Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1;aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,arcfour,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-cbc;hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96;none"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/vulcane] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "ef907484f392",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "vulcane",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 16304,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:22:07.013442Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 2777 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "ef907484f392",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 16304,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:22:08.827330Z",
      "duration_ms": 2777
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
  "session_id": "ef907484f392"
}